For a mother who has spent her entire life loving and raising her child, being beaten and mercilessly thrown out onto the streets by her own son is too heartbreaking to overcome. But this is a common story among the elderly residents of the Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. “I’ve seen mothers in old and torn clothes, their bodies smelling and their hands and feet rotting and covered in maggots,” shares Dr. G.P. Bhagat, founder of the ashram. These abandoned elderly men and women lay starving on the streets hoping for someone to rescue them from their suffering. But most people walk past them without a second glance. “Like this”, Dr. Bhagat explains, “many elders die on the roads.”Since 2003, SHEOWS (Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society) has rescued over 10,000 elderly people from the streets and given them a home with care and support. The elderly staying at the ashram have all been abandoned by their families and have nowhere else to live. Your support can give them comfort after their abandonment. Donate now.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA). Safe and loving homeFor 20 years, SHEOWS has been providing free shelter, nutritious food three times a day, clothing, medical care, recreation activities and emotional support to abused and disabled elderly people rescued from the streets of Delhi. The Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram has a dedicated rescue team that saves the elderly from the streets and gives them immediate medical care upon their arrival at the home. To tend to the multiple health complications of the seniors, the home has a medical facility with doctors and nurses, a physiotherapy unit, a pathology lab, a digital X-ray monitoring machine and a pharmacy to provide 24-hour care to older adults anytime they require assistance, even during emergencies. Dr. Bhagat prioritizes the health of the seniors and ensures that they receive three balanced meals a day based on their precise health requirements. Need for the fundraiserThe humanitarian mission of SHEOWS is making an impact in the area, as more and more people are being rescued and brought to Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. To meet the financial costs of running the home, SHEOWS needs support to continue providing the residents with all the facilities that they need. This includes constant care and round-the-clock medical attention, nutritious food and maintaining a hygienic environment to keep the seniors in comfort and good health. Dr. Bhagat explains that as the number of residents is increasing, SHEOWS needs support for food and medicines. “I request you to help these elderly parents lead a peaceful life.”Donate now to help Dr. Bhagat continue caring for the 500 destitute elderly and giving them shelter, food, medical care and the will to carry on living despite their tragic abandonment by their families. Your support will enable SHEOWS to keep serving abandoned senior citizens and help them recover from the trauma of abandonment and life on the streets. “I have been serving these elderly as if they were my own parents”, shares Dr. Bhagat. “I want only one thing - their tears should vanish and they should have a smile on their faces.” To help Dr. Bhagat achieve this dream, your support is critical. Donate now to help SHEOWS care for more abandoned elderly. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support SHEOWS in their mission to rescue the abandoned elderly from the streets and give them shelter, food, medical care, recreational activities and emotional support.

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“They insert a candle in the vagina, fingers are inserted (in the vagina) and tortured, and if children don’t relent even then, they put chilli powder so that children will say “yes” because of the burning of the skin… There are teeth marks on their bodies, and their vaginal parts are burnt. When children stay in these conditions, it is painful even to hear,” says Lalitha SA of Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID), in course of talking about many heart-rending stories of trafficked children in red-light areas.In over three decades, the SPID led by Lalitha, has saved over 3000 children from the red-light areas, many from clutches of sex trafficking.Sadly, many more children need to be rescued and in need of a loving home. But Lalitha needs our support to carry on the mission, to move out of her small facility so that she can rescue more children, house them in a permanent location and give them all the love they deserve. Your support can help her give these children the care and upbringing they need. Donate now.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India).A movement to protect vulnerable childrenAs a social worker, Lalitha has worked for decades in GB Road, the red-light area of Delhi and helped many women escape the clutches of being forced into sex. But it was the exploitation of children, many of them hardly ten or twelve or even less. The SPID has focused on rescuing such children and giving them a new life.Lalitha plays a vital role in the survival and safety of vulnerable children in the red light areas. As SPID is almost entirely dependent on donations from the public, we can support and strengthen SPID’s mission to save children. Donate generously.Donation to SPID’s fundraiser on Give.do“I have limited funds and very limited space, and if I had the funds, I would be able to rescue many more children and provide them with more comfort. With folded hands, I plead with you that you help us with funds in large numbers and support us in providing us children with a decent life. Become a part of the mission,” pleads LalithaDonate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help Lalitha give hundreds of children rescued from brothels a life away from violence and abuse.NGO's 80G number: AADAS3217RF20212NGO's 12A number: AADAS3217RE20214

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"My son used to kick me when he was in my womb. Why make an issue when he kicked me in my old age?" reasons a very forgiving Shakti Dasi. The widow travelled 2300 kms from Tripura to Vrindavan after her only son violently beat her with a burning plank of wood and broke her knee one evening. She had to leave behind the business she had built with her husband who had died a few years back. Shakti ended up on the streets of Brindavan begging for food and shelter. But when Winnie Singh of Maitri saw Shakti in a frail state in tattered clothes, she brought her to the shelter home where Shakti gets food, care and medicines. What more, with Maitri’s intervention, Shakti reconciled with her son - and daughter-in-law, and now travels home to Tripura twice a year to spend time with her grandchildren. But she is not leaving Maitri, as this has become her family.Not every elderly widow who comes to Vrindavan after being abandoned by her family gets as lucky as Shakti. Many of them often end up living a lonely life and begging to survive on the streets. Maitri aspires to take care of every widow in need of help.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ce101369-528c-4d37-bc1d-1118b9925af3.jpg" />Maitri’s Project Jeevan to the rescueAbandoned, elderly widows are the amongst the most vulnerable in India. After being thrown out of their often abandoned by their own children and are forced to beg for food and shelter. “Through Project Jeevan, Maitri houses aging widow mothers in two ashrams in Vrindavan and Radhakund (Mathura), providing them with wellness and well-being. The programme also reaches out to widow mothers beyond the ashrams with fruit, milk and healthcare services,” explains Winnie Singh, co-founder and executive director, Maitri India.Save homeless elderly widows from begging on the streetsMost widows who make their way to Vrindavan are abandoned by their families, often after years of abuse. They come here hoping they will spend the rest of their days in prayer and devotion. But most live in impoverished conditions on the streets and in dingy rooms. Since poor living conditions often cause a wide range of health ailments, including respiratory infections and chronic conditions, Maitri comes to their rescue through its Project Jeevan.The project aims to:<ul><li>Provide meals leading to improved health and wellbeing</li><li>Make physical and mental health services accessible</li><li>Offer necessary quality aged care and assisted living support</li><li>Increase awareness on and engagement around the struggles of abandoned widow mothers</li></ul><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />Project Jeevan needs your support to help those in need of food, healthcare and well-being. Donate now.“Maitri urgently needs your support to provide food, clothing and healthcare to sustain these widow mothers who are prone to more illnesses as they age,” appeals Winnie.Maitri believes in a woman’s right to dignity in life and death, more so a mother. Our help will enable Maitri to save hundreds of abandoned widows from a life of begging, and restore the respect, dignity, and identity they deserve.

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Paint It Red was established to educate, engage and empower communities to eliminate period poverty and destigmatize menstruation. Cognizant of the intrinsic links between menstrual health and overall health, our team holds a firm belief in the need to recognize Menstrual Rights as an independent category, awarded to every citizen. Our work includes outreach efforts to create access to menstrual care products, workshops to educate menstruators and destigmatize periods as well as advocacy for menstrual rights and sustainable menstruation in India.<ol><li>Bleed In Peace, our flagship campaign, provides a comprehensive workshop on the basic tenets of menstrual health followed by a distribution drive of sustainable menstrual kits which usually involve three reusable cloth pads. These can take care of one’s menstrual needs for up to 3 years.</li><li>The Red Set Go advocacy campaign was aimed at netizens, decision-makers and government officials. By conceptualising the salient features of a menstrual health policy, we provided collated insights from various experts encouraging decision-makers to take a stand and create a policy document recognizing the importance of menstrual health rights.</li><li>Our flagship aggregator portal, Red Pages, helps facilitate a spirit of collaboration and collective action amongst NGOs, manufacturers and individuals in the menstrual health space. ‘Period Pustak’, our activity book leverages the power of illustrations, SEL frameworks and experiential learnings to help convey menstrual education in fun interactive ways to young menstruators. </li><li>We make extensive use of our digital media platforms to engage with citizens by hosting Instagram Lives and Webinars.</li></ol>Our Impact so far: 1. Number of beneficiaries reached through our engagements - 20,0002. Number of cloth pads distributed - 80,000 3. Number of menstrual cups distributed - 150 4. Number of workshops conducted under the Bleed In Peace Campaign - 110+5. We have conducted workshops in 10 states across India6. Acceptance and conversion rate of sustainable, reusable products - 85.2 %7.. Close to 70% of our beneficiaries no longer feel ashamed of menstruation8.. 62% Have started tracking their menstrual cycles9.. As part of Covid19 relief measures, we distributed 56,000 pads to 11,000 women across 6 states, within 75 days 10. Trained 40 SHG women in making cloth pads, marketing, management and keeping stock in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh11. We have raised Rs. 7,800 in partnership with Say It With A Pin (The Pin Collective), through the sale of hand-painted wooden pins 12. We conducted 6 workshops across locations in Kolkata and reached 412 beneficiaries on International Menstrual Health Day, 2022, to honour our commitment to spread menstrual literacy and end period poverty13. We have engaged over 200 youth to take part in our internships and volunteering opportunities

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<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/4ad28469-f180-4cbf-b59c-ba4a087e777c.png" width="267" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/9e9702b7-89ac-49dd-9996-2e8a6c80436b.png" width="266" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ba5580fd-9dd7-47e8-ac79-afd5a3d1f835.png" width="312" /><ol><li>71% of adolescent girls are unaware of menstruation before they begin their first periods, making menstrual illiteracy a rampant issue in India</li><li>Socio-cultural beliefs often perpetuate stigmas that restrict the social mobility of menstruators and bind them to a life of shame and guilt as they portray menstruation as ‘dirty’ and ‘impure’</li><li>Menstruators are kept from entering the kitchen, washing their hair or bathing themselves and even kept from going to school/colleges and workplaces while on their periods</li><li>Dependence on other earning members of their families, usually males or the prominence of male salesmen constrain menstruators from fulfilling their menstrual needs.</li><li>An NFHS 4 report has stated that 52% of rural menstruators rely on homemade alternatives like rags and old pieces of scrap cloth to manage menstruation</li><li>The inability of accessing menstrual care products aggravates negative notions about a natural, involuntary bodily process that scar the emotional, mental and physical well-being of a menstruator </li></ol> 
 We conduct menstrual education workshops under our flagship campaign Bleed In Peace. Following a lifecycle approach, the workshops start with a focused group discussion which helps us gauge a community’s belief systems and perceptions of menstruation.The educational sessions include: <ol><li>Basic tenets of menstrual health and hygiene</li><li>Puberty, the menstrual cycle and methods to track one’s periods</li><li>Managing PMS</li><li>Analysis of the various menstrual products available in the market</li><li>The basics of sexual and reproductive health and much more</li></ol><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/0da819f2-cf25-4d82-93a2-bb2496e3b0d2.png" width="281" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/666c4553-057e-4f40-8136-2c94d2f73cc2.png" width="239" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/84729953-76e9-4af5-bbea-45b7ecad68f1.jpg" width="180" />Sneak a peek at our period care kits<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/b89a6acc-59bd-4c85-8f7a-b8c9719d8664.png" width="443" />Period Pustak, an activity book designed by Paint It Red utilises illustrations and experiential learning. By incorporating SEL frameworks, it invites interaction and engages young menstruators to have a more hands-on experience while learning about menstruation.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/7328d9d7-b673-42c6-bf8a-93f852894da2.png" width="202" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/f9f5a60f-bbc8-46ff-8f10-0c49bb05a641.png" width="205" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/4de090f0-83e3-4cc9-beb6-81e3369efdf2.png" width="216" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/4dd99278-2452-48cd-828b-3edb8c95c4e0.png" width="210" />We conduct these workshops with: 1.Young menstruators in schools and colleges2.Menstruators from semi-urban, rural and tribal communities3.Local government bodies and NGOs working in the fields of MHM, sexual and reproductive health rights and gender issues<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/39f0b585-7e4f-41f1-9885-176efd096d87.jpeg" width="226" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/786c2f39-d31d-407e-a5d3-1e5f6ae4beec.jpeg" width="128" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ec0e5112-1037-4e77-9352-8a01a21de463.jpeg" width="228" /> 
 <ol><li>We wish to reach 5000 menstruators in the year 2022- 2023, through Bleed In Peace</li><li>Build a more positive, tolerant perception of menstruation, one that does not recognise menstrual blood as impure, nor perpetuate stigmas around menstruation. </li><li>We endeavour to make the menstrual health space more inclusive. We intend to start dialogue and address the unique menstrual needs of those from the LGBTQIA+ communities and people with disabilities</li></ol><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/dc227ac8-e531-4676-b71e-e97a6eab02b8.png" width="256" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/d1767090-5f43-462b-8253-c27f8b281036.jpg" width="257" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/f3bdf5eb-a977-48d4-84ca-a4fe3b126f72.jpeg" width="329" />We plan on making menstrual health resources like our Period Pustak available in braille and have trained Menstrual Educators who can use sign language to conduct our educational workshops. We aim to address larger issues like iron deficiency and anaemia by creating comprehensive awareness programs for menstruators. Ultimately, we want our beneficiaries to become cognizant of their body and empowered to fight for their menstrual health rights! <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/38043003-8646-4312-92e4-a3491b012acf.JPG" width="395" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/fc7f3047-656c-4213-8605-e21c351946e2.jpeg" width="235" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ef5cbb6a-5163-451b-9ce1-fb0e1697c401.png" width="178" />

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